CVE-2025-1290

Public Exploit

Description

A race condition Use-After-Free vulnerability exists in the virtio_transport_space_update function within the Kernel 5.4 on ChromeOS. Concurrent allocation and freeing of the virtio_vsock_sock structure during an AF_VSOCK connect syscall can occur before a worker thread accesses it resulting in a dangling pointer and potential kernel code execution.

Category

8.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.05%
Affected: Google ChromeOS
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/301886931 exploit mailing list issue tracking
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/b/301886931 broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2025-1290?
CVE-2025-1290 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2025-1290?
To fix CVE-2025-1290, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2025-1290 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2025-1290 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2025-1290?
CVE-2025-1290 affects Google ChromeOS.
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